Queen Victoria?

England

  • Titles Queen Victoria? (Descriptive)
  • Artist England
  • Medium parian (Carrara)
  • Dimensions 12 x 5 3/8 x 4 1/4 in. (30.5 x 13.7 x 10.8 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.545.2011
  • Work Type sculpture
  • Classification Sculpture

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